Three days after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Colombia, Chinese-made heavy-duty cranes have arrived in Pereira, one of the hardest-hit areas, to lift massive structural components too heavy for manual removal and help search teams access deeper parts of the rubble.
Unlike the debris-clearing equipment deployed immediately after the quake, these cranes are specifically tasked with hoisting large building components, opening up previously inaccessible areas for rescue teams.
Many local companies involved in the rescue have also chosen Chinese equipment, citing performance and reliability as key reasons for their long-standing preference.
"We chose Chinese equipment because of its solid quality. This has been our choice for many years. For us, these machines are outstanding," said the head of a Colombian company participating in the rescue operation in Pereira.
"We are grateful to Chinese companies for their strong support in the rescue operation, especially for their support with machinery operations," said Juan Giraldo, director of Pereira's Infrastructure Bureau.
The earthquake, the largest to hit Colombia in years, struck the western part of the country on August 11. The death toll rose to 294 on Saturday, with 3,935 people injured, 320 missing and 353 rescued, according to the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD).
Chinese heavy-duty cranes deployed in Colombia earthquake rescue
Russia said on Sunday that its forces continued striking Ukraine's port infrastructure and maritime vessels used for the interests of the Ukrainian military, and Ukraine reported on the same day of attacking on a Russian large logistics hub and Russian missile system, according to their latest updates on the conflict.
The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that over the past 24 hours, Russian forces launched air strikes on vessels transporting supplies for the Ukrainian forces located in the port of Odessa, and attacked the unmanned boat production workshop near the port, and the mooring area of Ukrainian patrol boats near the Port of Vylkove.
In the Black Sea waters east of Odessa, the Russian forces attacked a dry cargo ship transporting weapons from Western countries to Ukraine.
In addition, Russian forces carried out cluster strikes on military industrial enterprises in Kyiv, a refinery in Poltava Oblast and a metallurgical plant in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, using land-based and air-based high-precision weapons as well as long-range attack drones.
On the same day, Ukraine's Defense Ministry reported early that morning, Ukrainian forces launched a large-scale drone attack on the logistics hub of Russia's large online retailer Wildberries in the Moscow region.
The logistics hub covers an area of 250,000 square meters and is the largest warehouse facility of Wildberries, said the report.
Seven of the 10 large warehouses of Wildberries have so far been shut down.
The Ukrainian Navy said on the same day that it had struck the Russian Bastion missile system and launch positions deployed in Crimea in the early hours of that day.
For a long time, the Russian military has frequently used the Bastion to launch Oniks supersonic missiles and Zircon hypersonic missiles to attack southern Ukraine and other regions, said the Ukrainian Navy.
Russia claims air strikes on Ukrainian ports, Ukraine reports hitting Russian large logistics hub
Russia claims air strikes on Ukrainian ports, Ukraine reports hitting Russian large logistics hub
